Curtain-rod bracket



Nov. 15, 1927. 1,649,275

A. c. ACKER CURTAIN ROD BRACKET Filed Feb. 2, 1923 Patented Nov. 15, 1927.

UNITED STATES 1,649,275 PATENT OFFICE.

AARON C. AGKER, OF OGDENSBURG, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE NEWELL MFG. CO. INC., 01 OGDENSBURG, NEW YORK, .A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

I CURTAINQROD BRACKET.

Original application filed May 29, 1922, Serial No. 564,555. Patented March 4, 1924. No. 1,585,581. Divided and thi's application filed February 2, ,1923. Serial No. 616,589. g

The presentinvention, which is adivision of applicants co-pending application, Serial No.-564l,555, filed May 29th, 1922, and which has been made the subject of'a separate application under otlicial requirement, relates to improvements in brackets for flat curtain rods and a method of making the same.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a bracket which may be cheaply and expeditiously produced by following my method, from a suitable blank of sheet metal with a minimum waste of material, and which Will give an integral rigid bracket without the necessity of assembling andsecuring together a plurality of parts. Additionally, the invention comprises means for constructing a bracket of pleasing and attractive appearance, and one which may be readily secured in place, and which will permit the placing or removing or" the curtain rods with facility thereon, the

construction, furthermore, being suchthat when in place the rods will be held securely and rigidly in place.

' In the manufacture of articles of this kind it is essential that they be constructed at a minimum cost both as to material and labor, and that, so far as possible, waste of stock in their production beeliminated. It is desirable, for reasons of economy, that the parts he as few as possible in order to eliminate the cost of assembling. The brackets must be of such construction that they may be readily attached to window casings and the like, and they must be capable of sustaining, without breaking, bending or loosening from their fastenings, a reasonable weighta In the drawings, wherein is discloseda preferred embodiment of my invention:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank from which the bracket is formed.

Figure 2 shows the bracket in front elevation with the rod receiving finger bentinto'final position, the rod being indicated in dotted lines.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the bracket shown in Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, like numbers indicating like parts in the several views, and referring first to Fig. 1,-

10 indicates the bracket blank after the first operation of stamping out and dividing the finger 11 from the body, the blank from which the bracket is stamped"v being indicated in dotted lines. It is to be understood that this blank, indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, is not necessarily a single piece or unit, as i't'may of course,-be a portion of a large sheet of stock from which the bracket;

blank may be struck either singly or plurally, dependent on whether a single die or a plurality of dies are used. The bracket blank 10 will be stamped out and the finger 11 separated from the body by the vertical-" 1y disposed out or slit a with the base 12 of the finger formed by the transverse cut or slit 5 extending inwardly." Preferably the slit 6 will extend to the median line of the body 10, that is to the bending line indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. While this slitting to .theyertical median line of the blank is preferable, since it gives asym-- metrical and properly balanced bracket when the finger is bent up, I do not limit my invent-ion to this exact step, as it is ob vious that a shorter transverse slit could be made andthe, tongue bent up so it would be off the median line of the bracket. "The holes 13 may or may not be formed simultaneously with the dieing-out operation.

By this method of cutting it will be seen that there is a minimum amount of waste and the single operation puts the blank into form for bending the finger into this final position. By means of the vertical and transverse cuts a and b I' am able to reduce very materially the amount of metal used over types of brackets known to me, in which the finger supporting base, which is bent at right angles to the body to throw the finger into proper position, is formed entirely outside of the bracket bodywith a considerable loss in scrap and then bent inwardly, as distinguished from my method of'forming my base 12 entirely within the body of the bracket by slitting and then bending such base to bring the finger into proper position. v

As shown in Figure 2, when the base 12 is bent along the dotted lines indicated in Fig. 1. it forms a notch in the lower corner of the plate 10, this portion of the plate serving, of course, to form the plate 12, the inwardly ex tending transverse cut I) permitting the bend ing of the base inwardly so as to bring the supporting finger into substantially a central position relative to the plate 10. As will be apparent from Fig. 3, this base portion 10 is of a very substantial area so that it forms a strong rigid support for the finger 11.

By following my method the brackets may be very economically produced and but little stock wasted, due to the fact that the finger supporting base is formed directly from the metal of the body of the bracket instead of being formed outside the area of the bracket and then thrown in by bending to its final position.

It will be seen that with this construction, and following my method of making, the fingers and bases are produced entirely from .the body of the bracket so that, given the outside dimensionsoi the bracket to be made, the amount of stock necessary to produce that bracket is at once determined, for the integral bases and fingers are always produced from the metal lying within the exterior dimensions'ot the plate.

It is to be understood that variations in the construction and method herein disclosed as fall within the purview of mechanical skill is to be considered as falling within the scope of my invention;

I claim:

l. The new and improved method of making curtainrod brackets which consists in slitting a blank without loss of stock lengthwise along one of its outer marginal edges fora major. portion of its length to form a rod supporting finger, slitting said "blank without loss of stocktransversely and inwardly from the lower end of said rod supporting finger to form a finger base, and bending said base and finger substantially perpendicular to said blank and to substantially the same vertical plane. 7

2. The new and improved method of making curtain rod brackets, which consists in slitting a blank without loss of stock lengthwise along one of its outer marginal edges for a major portion of its length to form a rod supporting finger, slitting said blank without ;loss of stock transversely anduinwardly from the lower end'of said rod supporting finger to the median line of the blank to form a finger base, and bending said base and finger to the same vertical plane and to the median line of and perpendicular to-said blank.

3. The new and improved method of making curtain rod brackets, which consists in stamping a contoured bracket base from a blank, and simultaneously therewith slitting the blank without loss of stock lengthwise along one of its ultra-marginal edges for a major portion ofits length .to form a rod supporting finger, slitting said blank without loss of stock transversely and inwardly from the lower end of said rod supporting finger to the median line of the blank to form a finger base, and then bending. said base and finger to the same vertical plane and to the median line of and'perpedieular' to said blank. v v

In testimony whereof I havehereunto set my hand.

AARON C. ACKER. 

